IP Address Blocks by Country: Global Distribution in 2023

IP addresses serve as the essential numerical identifiers that enable devices to communicate across the sprawling global internet. They function much like digital postal codes, pinpointing the location of connected devices and allowing traffic to be routed properly. The distribution of these critical IP address resources across the world holds important implications.

Global IP Address Allocation

Organizations like the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocate IP addresses in large blocks to Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and national telecom regulators. Examining the IP ranges delegated to specific countries provides insights into internet development, governance, and inequality.

Which Countries Hold the Most IP Addresses?

The United States holds the largest share of IP address blocks, with over 1.2 billion addresses assigned – more than any other nation. Early network growth and limited state intervention in telecom contributed to this supersized allocation. China, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France round out the top IP address holders, reflecting large populations of connected users.

IP Distribution Not Always Proportional to Population

You might think that address distribution is proportional to population, but that is not necessarily the case. For example, despite over 1.4 billion people, bureaucratic hurdles have limited India’s IP expansion compared to the West. Some smaller nations boast huge address blocks, often supporting hosting infrastructure under favorable regulations.

IP Address Blocks Can Impact Security and Accessibility

IP address assignment also impacts security and accessibility. Blocking specific country ranges can restrict malicious overseas traffic but risks unintended impacts on legitimate users. Autocratic states often concentrate allocation, while open democracies saw more decentralized early IP assignment reflecting governance norms.

IPv6 Adoption Evolving Global IP Allocation

Upgrading networks to IPv6 evolves IP allocation dynamics. IPv6’s enhanced capacities allow larger address assignments to adopting countries. The projected 5 billion new internet users coming online, mostly via IPv6, may disrupt the global balance as developing world IP ranges grow.

IP Geography Highlights Crucial Internet Trends

In summary, analyzing IP address allocation by geography spotlights crucial trends in internet evolution, policy, and governance. As emerging markets expand access, grasping IP resource distribution will only grow in importance for both users and regulators worldwide.

Internet IP Address 2023 Report

Country Code	Country Name	Total IPs	Percentage	2022 Ranking	2021 Ranking
US	United States	1,245,065,297	36.7517%	1	1
CN	China	351,406,784	10.3728%	2	2
JP	Japan	198,794,915	5.8680%	3	3
DE	Germany	136,027,638	4.0153%	4	4
GB	United Kingdom	119,423,708	3.5251%	5	5
KR	Republic of Korea	114,184,476	3.3705%	6	6
BR	Brazil	89,840,951	2.6519%	7	7
FR	France	83,681,375	2.4701%	8	8
CA	Canada	73,300,874	2.1637%	9	9
IT	Italy	56,599,716	1.6707%	10	10
AU	Australia	54,263,318	1.6017%	11	11
NL	Netherlands	53,982,007	1.5934%	12	12
IN	India	46,689,344	1.3782%	13	14
RU	Russian Federation	45,580,863	1.3455%	14	13
TW	Taiwan	36,518,419	1.0779%	15	15
ES	Spain	35,314,327	1.0424%	16	16
SE	Sweden	29,997,599	0.8855%	17	18
MX	Mexico	29,570,513	0.8729%	18	17
ZA	South Africa	28,894,918	0.8529%	19	19
CH	Switzerland	27,796,749	0.8205%	20	23
EG	Egypt	24,178,460	0.7137%	21	20
PL	Poland	21,408,895	0.6319%	22	21
HK	HongKong	20,844,874	0.6153%	23	22
ID	Indonesia	19,982,052	0.5898%	24	24
AR	Argentina	19,443,581	0.5739%	25	25
SG	Singapore	18,606,540	0.5492%	26	28
CO	Colombia	17,563,824	0.5184%	27	26
TR	Turkey	16,888,423	0.4985%	28	27
VN	Vietnam	16,272,539	0.4803%	29	29
NO	Norway	15,755,299	0.4651%	30	30
FI	Finland	14,384,451	0.4246%	31	31
IE	Ireland	14,352,975	0.4237%	32	32
BE	Belgium	14,195,713	0.4190%	33	33
DK	Denmark	12,924,474	0.3815%	34	34
IR	Iran	12,298,389	0.3630%	35	35
MA	Morocco	12,273,380	0.3623%	36	36
AT	Austria	11,252,953	0.3322%	37	38
UA	Ukraine	10,953,155	0.3233%	38	27
SA	Saudi Arabia	10,808,959	0.3191%	39	39
CL	Chile	10,427,369	0.3078%	40	40
TH	Thailand	9,563,733	0.2823%	41	41
CZ	Czech Republic	8,740,369	0.2580%	42	42
IL	Israel	8,397,068	0.2479%	43	43
TN	Tunisia	7,874,248	0.2324%	44	45
RO	Rominia	7,667,115	0.2263%	45	44
NZ	New Zealand	7,292,719	0.2153%	46	46
VE	Venezuela	6,938,424	0.2048%	47	49
MY	Malaysia	6,910,682	0.2040%	48	47
PT	Portugal	6,800,386	0.2007%	49	50
MU	Mauritius	6,713,621	0.1982%	50	48
PH	Philippines	6,298,596	0.1859%	51	52
KE	Kenya	6,253,002	0.1846%	52	51
PK	Pakistan	6,121,344	0.1807%	53	55
HU	Hungary	6,004,949	0.1773%	54	53
GR	Greece	5,736,487	0.1693%	55	54
DZ	Algeria	4,767,051	0.1407%	56	56
BG	Bulgaria	4,276,167	0.1262%	57	27
AE	United Arab Emirates	4,240,588	0.1252%	58	58
PE	Peru	3,474,519	0.1026%	59	59
KZ	Kazakhstan	3,332,042	0.0984%	60	60
NG	Nigeria	3,182,260	0.0939%	61	61
LT	Lithuania	2,857,919	0.0844%	62	62
SK	Slovakia	2,829,500	0.0835%	63	64
EC	Ecuador	2,795,883	0.0825%	64	65
SI	Slovenia	2,650,046	0.0782%	65	66
UY	Uruguay	2,459,200	0.0726%	66	67
RS	Serbia	2,391,012	0.0706%	67	69
HR	Croatia	2,369,160	0.0699%	68	63
CO	Costa Rica	2,296,016	0.0678%	69	68
GH	Ghana	2,272,299	0.0671%	70	70
KW	Kuwait	1,947,097	0.0575%	71	71
LV	Latvia	1,913,999	0.0565%	72	72
SD	Sudan	1,889,454	0.0558%	73	74
BY	Belarus	1,877,093	0.0554%	74	73
BD	Bangladesh	1,864,941	0.0550%	75	75
PA	Panama	1,770,833	0.0523%	76	76
ZM	Zambia	1,694,855	0.0500%	77	77
CI	Cote D’ivoire	1,682,699	0.0497%	78	78
DO	Dominican Republic	1,667,574	0.0492%	79	80
LU	Luxembourg	1,611,627	0.0476%	80	79
EE	Estonia	1,480,083	0.0437%	81	82
UG	Uganda	1,449,117	0.0428%	82	81
SY	Syria	1,293,084	0.0382%	83	85
PR	Puerto Rico	1,266,563	0.0374%	84	83
GE	Georgia	1,263,646	0.0373%	85	86
AO	Angola	1,260,155	0.0372%	86	87
PY	Paraguay	1,257,783	0.0371%	87	88
MD	Moldova	1,245,470	0.0368%	88	84
BO	Bolivia	1,187,197	0.0350%	89	89
TZ	Tanzania	1,090,440	0.0322%	90	90
OM	Oman	1,036,234	0.0306%	91	91
QA	Qatar	990,437	0.0292%	92	94
CY	Cyprus	972,908	0.0287%	93	92
BH	Bahrain	957,802	0.0283%	94	99
IS	Iceland	909,679	0.0269%	95	93
PS	Palestine	849,411	0.0251%	96	97
IQ	Iraq	817,835	0.0241%	97	96
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	809,295	0.0239%	98	95
AZ	Azerbaijan	765,753	0.0226%	99	98
MK	North Macedonia	717,535	0.0212%	100	100
JO	Jordan	707,918	0.0209%	101	101
SV	El Salvador	693,843	0.0205%	102	102
MT	Malta	679,223	0.0200%	103	104
CM	Cameroon	669,688	0.0198%	104	103
GT	Guatemala	669,348	0.0198%	105	105
AM	Armenia	635,983	0.0188%	106	106
LB	Lebanon	616,622	0.0182%	107	107
NP	Nepal	593,253	0.0175%	108	108
LK	Sri Lanka	584,793	0.0173%	109	110
MG	Madagascar	583,314	0.0172%	110	109
MW	Malawi	553,246	0.0163%	111	111
TT	Trinidad and Tobago	536,254	0.0158%	112	112
RE	Reunion	510,221	0.0151%	113	113
HN	Honduras	480,273	0.0142%	114	114
GA	Gabon	476,709	0.0141%	115	115
MZ	Mozambique	470,362	0.0139%	116	116
KH	Cambodia	447,360	0.0132%	117	118
NA	Namibia	447,002	0.0132%	118	117
NI	Nicaragua	442,539	0.0131%	119	119
LY	Libya	434,258	0.0128%	120	120
SN	Senegal	409,610	0.0121%	121	121
MO	Macao	388,773	0.0115%	122	122
AL	Albania	382,707	0.0113%	123	123
SC	Seychelles	370,893	0.0109%	124	140
ET	Ethiopia	365,713	0.0108%	125	124
TG	Togo	358,626	0.0106%	126	125
UZ	Uzbekistan	345,039	0.0102%	127	127
BF	Burkina Faso	337,272	0.0100%	128	126
RW	Rwanda	313,504	0.0093%	129	128
JM	Jamaica	277,601	0.0082%	130	130
KG	Kyrgyzstan	277,509	0.0082%	131	129
GM	Gambia	270,627	0.0080%	132	131
CU	Cuba	258,319	0.0076%	133	132
GU	Guam	240,176	0.0071%	134	135
AF	Afghanistan	239,576	0.0071%	135	134
YE	Yemen	238,161	0.0070%	136	133
MM	Myanmar	226,361	0.0067%	137	137
BN	Brunei Darussalam	219,449	0.0065%	138	136
MN	Mongolia	201,637	0.0060%	139	138
GP	Guadeloupe	197,317	0.0058%	140	143
ME	Montenegro	192,183	0.0057%	141	139
CD	Congo	190,976	0.0056%	142	142
CW	Curacao	176,799	0.0052%	143	144
BW	Botswana	172,393	0.0051%	144	145
ZW	Zimbabwe	171,965	0.0051%	145	141
MQ	Martinique	159,520	0.0047%	146	150
NC	New Caledonia	158,789	0.0047%	147	147
HT	Haiti	157,219	0.0046%	148	148
BS	Bahamas	157,190	0.0046%	149	149
BJ	Benin	154,806	0.0046%	150	146
CG	Cogon	149,541	0.0044%	151	152
FJ	Fiji	146,750	0.0043%	152	151
BB	Barbados	140,004	0.0041%	153	153
BZ	Belize	135,236	0.0040%	154	154
LS	Lesotho	128,677	0.0038%	155	155
VI	Virgin Islands, U.S.	128,282	0.0038%	156	158
AW	Aruba	125,365	0.0037%	157	162
BM	Bermuda	124,711	0.0037%	158	157
IM	Isle of Man	122,170	0.0036%	159	156
LI	Liechtenstein	121,134	0.0036%	160	159
SL	Sierra Leone	114,362	0.0034%	161	160
LR	Liberia	107,579	0.0032%	162	161
GF	French Guiana	101,653	0.0030%	163	167
MV	Maldives	94,757	0.0028%	164	164
ML	Mali	91,291	0.0027%	165	165
LA	Laos	90,300	0.0027%	166	166
JE	Jersey	89,408	0.0026%	167	163
TJ	Tajikistan	84,858	0.0025%	168	168
GI	Gibraltar	84,569	0.0025%	169	171
SR	Suriname	82,051	0.0024%	170	170
PG	Papua New Guinea	76,912	0.0023%	171	172
PF	French Polynesia	75,517	0.0022%	172	175
GY	Guyana	70,982	0.0021%	173	173
GG	Guernsey	67,708	0.0020%	174	176
DJ	Djibouti	66,486	0.0020%	175	174
KY	Cayman Islands	65,548	0.0019%	176	169
VG	British Virgin Islands	64,253	0.0019%	177	180
AD	Andorra	62,309	0.0018%	178	178
MC	Monaco	61,283	0.0018%	179	177
SZ	Eswatini	57,062	0.0017%	180	179
SO	Somalia	52,251	0.0015%	181	181
MR	Mauritania	48,286	0.0014%	182	182
AX	Aland Islands	45,840	0.0014%	183	183
FO	Faroe Islands	45,681	0.0013%	184	186
NE	Niger	45,523	0.0013%	185	184
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	44,779	0.0013%	186	185
SM	San Marino	40,387	0.0012%	187	190
BI	Burundi	40,316	0.0012%	188	188
BT	Bhutan	38,808	0.0011%	189	189
KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,598	0.0011%	190	191
LC	Saint Lucia	38,528	0.0011%	191	187
GN	Guinea	37,431	0.0011%	192	194
SX	Saint Martin (Dutch Part)	35,856	0.0011%	193	193
MF	Saint Martin (French Part)	35,692	0.0011%	194	195
GL	Greenland	35,402	0.0010%	195	196
DM	Dominica	33,394	0.0010%	196	192
CV	Cabo Verde	32,364	0.0010%	197	199
GD	Grenada	30,621	0.0009%	198	198
BQ	Bonaire Sint Eustatius And Saba	28,817	0.0009%	199	200
YT	Mayotte	28,178	0.0008%	200	204
TD	Chad	28,141	0.0008%	201	197
TM	Turkmenistan	26,952	0.0008%	202	207
SS	South Sudan	25,877	0.0008%	203	205
VC	Saint Vincent And The Grenadines	23,944	0.0007%	204	203
GQ	Equatorial Guinea	23,412	0.0007%	205	206
WS	Samoa	22,082	0.0007%	206	201
VU	Vanuatu	21,342	0.0006%	207	202
TL	Timor-Leste	19,350	0.0006%	208	209
MP	Northern Mariana Islands	16,856	0.0005%	209	210
SB	Solomon Islands	16,669	0.0005%	210	208
TC	Turks and Caicos Islands	14,396	0.0004%	211	216
VA	Holy City	14,060	0.0004%	212	215
To	Tonga	13,081	0.0004%	213	211
ST	Sao Tome and Principe	11,559	0.0003%	214	213
FM	Micronesia	11,175	0.0003%	215	214
NR	Nauru	11,044	0.0003%	216	212
AI	Anguilla	10,442	0.0003%	217	219
TV	Tuvalu	9,486	0.0003%	218	217
CK	Cook Islands	9,165	0.0003%	219	221
KM	Comoros	8,217	0.0002%	220	218
PW	Palau	7,839	0.0002%	221	220
AS	American Samoa	7,761	0.0002%	222	223
CF	Central African Republic	7,745	0.0002%	223	222
GW	Guinea-Bissau	6,916	0.0002%	224	227
FK	Flakland Islands (Malvinas)	6,321	0.0002%	225	225
KI	Kiribati	6,182	0.0002%	226	228
PM	Saint Pierre And Miquelon	6,031	0.0002%	227	229
MH	Marshall Islands	5,873	0.0002%	228	226
ER	Eritrea	5,590	0.0002%	229	224
KP	Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea	4,042	0.0001%	230	237
WF	Wallis and Futuna	3,671	0.0001%	231	230
IO	British Indian Ocean Territory	3,667	0.0001%	232	231
MS	Montserrat	3,559	0.0001%	233	233
TK	Tokelau	3,289	0.0001%	234	232
BL	Saint Barthelemy	2,993	0.0001%	235	234
NF	Norfolk Island	2,915	0.0001%	236	236
NU	Niue	2,149	0.0001%	237	235
BV	Bouvet Island	1,369	0.0000%	238	238
UM	United States Minor Outlying Islands	509	0.0000%	239	239
SJ	Svalbard And Jan Mayen	312	0.0000%	240	242
GS	South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands	250	0.0000%	241	240
AQ	Antartica	238	0.0000%	242	243
SH	Saint Helena Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha	162	0.0000%	243	244
PN	Pitcairn	158	0.0000%	244	241
CX	Christmas Island	8	0.0000%	245	245
CC	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	8	0.0000%	246	246
TF	French Southern Territories	8	0.0000%	247	247
HM	Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands	4	0.0000%	248	248
EH	Western Sahara	4	0.0000%	249	249